Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #7618: Rounding numbers - Correct answer not accepted
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-02 21:37:37+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, ie9, win7, wrong-or-unclear

To keep things short:

Problem: "Round 81,437 to the nearest thousand"

81000 is not accepted as an answer (nor is 81,000), while it is provided as the answer by one of the hints as well.

Furthermore, one of the hints mentions the number is rounded down to 81,000.000 000 000 01. (?)

[rounding_numbers.html?seed=67&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/rounding_numbers.html?seed=67&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/rounding_numbers.html?seed=67&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2281000%5C%22%22%2C4%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C4%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C4%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C5%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2281000.00000000001%5C%22%22%2C130%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2281%2C000.00000000001%5C%22%22%2C7%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2281000%5C%22%22%2C35%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2281%2C000.00000000001%5C%22%22%2C130%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2281000%5C%22%22%2C11%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2281%2C000%5C%22%22%2C6%5D%5D)

["81000","81000.00000000001","81,000.00000000001","81000","81,000.00000000001","81000","81,000"]

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